Gut check: Games for patriots By Rick Majerus. Rick Majerus retired from the University of Utah last season as the ninth-winningest basketball coach in NCAA history. He will join ESPN as a college basketball analyst in the fall

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3 books show the roles of art and play in education By Bob Blaisdell. Bob Blaisdell teaches English in the City University of New York system and is the editor of "Tolstoy as Teacher: Leo Tolstoy's Writings on Education" and the author of several children's books

Native son, and Chicago `royalty' By Maurice Isserman. Maurice Isserman teaches history at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Among other works, he is co-author with Michael Kazin of "America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s."

Main Streets Usa By Karal Ann Marling. Karal Ann Marling is professor of art history at the University of Minnesota. Her books include "Merry Christmas!: Celebrating America's Greatest Holiday" and "Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland."